The Other Guy by Little River Band

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Chorus ×3

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). This page shows that transcription as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.

Section by section

Intro

• F – Dm (×4)
  I – vi

Verse 1

• F – Dm (×4)
  I – vi
• B♭
  IV
• F – Dm (×2)
  I – vi
• C – B♭
  V – IV
• F – Dm (×2)
  I – vi

Chorus 1

• B♭ – F – B♭ – C
  IV – I – IV – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge

• B♭ – F – G7 – C7
  IV – I – II7 – V7

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G7 acts as V/V: it resolves to C7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0310, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.